The Stamp Act

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Multiple Choice

The years following the conclusion of the French and Indian War were vital in creating an ________ in the American colonies.

• independent drive

• desire to be closer to Britain

• new group of colonies

Multiple Choice

Most colonists opposed the Stamp Act because they sent no representatives of their own to _____________.

• France

• the colonies

• Parliament

Multiple Choice

In 1764, Parliament passed the Sugar Act in an attempt to curb __________.

• Native American attacts

• taxes

• smuggling

Multiple Choice

The implementation of the _____________ marked the first time colonists’ taxes were sent directly to the British Treasury.

• Quartering Act

• Sugar Act

• Proclamation of 1763

Multiple Choice

Under the Sugar Act, judges appointed by the _________ would determine a person’s guilt or innocence in cases involving smuggling

• British government

• Colonial governments

Multiple Choice

Under the Stamp Act, paper materials had to be produced on ___________ paper from Britain.

• parchment

• blue

• offically stamped

Multiple Choice

In _________, the governor became so frightened that he turned all of the stamps over to an angry mob who burned them.

• New York

• Massachusetts

• Virginia

Multiple Choice

Life-size dummies of stamp distributors and British leaders were hung in __________.

• tar and feathers

• effigy

• Boston

Multiple Choice

Lt. Governor Thomas Hutchinson, a ___________, and his family were evicted from their home, and most of their property was destroyed.

• royal appointee

• tax collector

• member of Parliament

Multiple Choice

While many colonists used violent means to protest the Stamp Act, colonial leaders were seeking a more organized and______ approach.

• angry

• violent

• respectable